'Golden Mary'

Part 2

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"Why weren't you watching where you were going!?" Victoria scolded loudly pushing her way through the crowd.

"There was a tear in my shirt! I didn't see the kid coming!" Seohyun explained her innocence. "What are we going to do!? My ID is in my bag!"

"Can't you run quicker? Why are you wearing sandals with heels!?"

"Why are you yelling at me!?" Seohyun screamed frustrated.

The hot sun was scorching Victoria's body and she was already starting to sweat like a pig. Oh, how she hated hot summer days. She dragged her feet on and instantly felt something strange whip through her body. Was it the play of gravity? Because it definitely felt like something was dragging her aside. A second later her back was pinned against the brick wall in some thin alley at full speed.

A loud gasp of exhilarated surprise fell from her lips before she stared into the stranger's face. She didn't recognize him but she didn't like being treated like a weak. Snatching one of his arms and wringing it she listened as he screamed and Victoria instantly pushed him back. He, however, fought against her and turned her away from the wall making her walk backward down the alley. When Victoria realized it she wrung his hand with more strength forcing him to circle back toward the sidewalk.

"Victoria!" Seohyun shouted somewhere nearby.

Victoria tilted her head to look for Seohyun and opened her mouth to shout back, but discovered herself pressed against the wall again, a hand over her mouth. She glared at the perpetrator's fragile face.

"Shh!" he beckoned. "I'm not interested in molesting you nor robbing you. I was going to ask you a question but doesn't seem like the time. Your friend's looking for you."

Victoria narrowed her eyes at him confused by his intentions. She refused to flinch when he pressed his face nearer to her, their eyes locked into a long stare. In the end he smiled playfully at her catching her off guard. What he did next had been the most unexpected.

Her breath stilled when he closed in, yet she was unable to close her eyes with him looking at her so intently. He pressed his lips against his own hand as if kissing her before smirking.

"See ya," he said with a wink before turning to run down the alley.

She turned her head to stare after him confused before she heard Seohyun run by, stop, and tread back.

"Unnie!" Seohyun called. "What are you doing?"

"Oh...uh..."

"Is everything alright over here?"

Victoria turned to see a police officer walk over with Seohyun's bag in hand. He was handsome and had an extremely nice buff frame. Her eyes caught onto the muscles flexing underneath his shirt when he handed Seohyun's bag back to her.

"You should be careful next time," he cautioned, "but you run pretty fast in those heels."

Victoria caught Seohyun's shy smile and wondered if she was in awe of the police officer as well.

"Are you ok?"

Her eyes turned back toward the police officer and Victoria felt her blood rush.

"Uh...oh yea. Yea, I'm fine," Victoria answered nervous.

"You two be careful, have a nice day now," he shot a smile at the two of them before walking away.

Victoria turned to watch him disappear around the corner and turned to look at Seohyun who was always staring after him.